“Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin!” -Psalm 51:1-2 CHAPTER OF THE WEEK: Psalm 51 You can read it every day or just once, pray it, meditate on it, talkContinue reading “PENITENTIAL PSALMS (Ps. 50-52)”
Category Archives: Confession
RESPECTABLE SINS
This post will probably seem more like a book review, but in it you might be surprised and a little convicted. Jerry Bridges’ book Respectable Sins explores “small” sins that are considered socially acceptable amongst Christians. In each chapter, he explains how the specific sin seeps into our lives unnoticed, gives biblical support for namingContinue reading “RESPECTABLE SINS”
TRUE REPENTANCE
King Saul’s reign was a whirlwind of bad decisions. He was scared to be king so he hid among the baggage (1 Sam. 10:20-24). He offered a rash vow in the middle of a war to earn God’s favor that directly caused his men to sin by eating raw meat and almost caused the deathContinue reading “TRUE REPENTANCE”
FOOTPRINTS IN THE MIND
“As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominateContinue reading “FOOTPRINTS IN THE MIND”
HOUSE CLEANING
Can you think of something you would rather avoid for the rest of your life then have to deal with because it makes you uncomfortable? I hate unclogging bathroom sinks. When not even drainage solutions work and you have to pull out the stopper and there is all the hair and gunk… gross. I getContinue reading “HOUSE CLEANING”
CONFESSION
When I hear the word confession, the first image that usually comes to mind is of someone going to a Roman Catholic Church into one of those booths and pouring out their wrongs before a fellow human. In that picture, the Catholic priest is acting as a physical picture of Jesus being our Mediator. InContinue reading “CONFESSION”